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Lee K. Seitz  
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 More options Jul 22 2004, 12:46 pm
Newsgroups: alt.fan.douglas-adams
From: lkseitz (Lee K. Seitz) .at. hiwaay @dot@ net
Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2004 16:46:55 -0000
Local: Thurs, Jul 22 2004 12:46 pm
Subject: Deadlines quote source?
You know the quote.  It's all over the Internet:

     I love deadlines.  I like the whooshing sound they make as
     they fly by.

My question is where did DNA write or say this?  I have yet to find
any place that give the source for this quotation.

As prepayment for this information, here's a collection of quotes I
culled by Mr. Adams himself from Google Groups some time ago.

"Cyberspace is - or can be - a good, friendly and egalitarian place to
meet."
     -- Douglas Adams, alt.fan.douglas-adams, 1 Dec 1993

"One of the delights of the net is that it subverts all other media."
    -- Douglas Adams, alt.fan.douglas-adams, 27 Feb 1995

[This is edited as Mr. Adams seemed to mistype it.  The original quote
was, "One of the delights of the net is that it subverts all other
the media."]

"That is a highly intelligent question and this is a stupid answer to
it."
     -- Douglas Adams, alt.fan.douglas-adams, 6 Oct 1993

"What I don't enjoy is being picked on by smartasses.  I guess it
comes with the territory, but I still don't like it, and this is me
saying so."     -- Douglas Adams, alt.fan.douglas-adams, 1 Dec 1993

And my favorite:

"Don't believe anything you read on the net.  Except this.  Well,
including this, I suppose."
     -- Douglas Adams, alt.fan.douglas-adams, 13 Sep 1998

--
lkseitz (Lee K. Seitz) .at. hiwaay @dot@ net
"One thing about paranoia:  you'll never feel alone again."
     -- Corry L. Smith, hsv.general, 25 Jun 2004


 
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